Improvement in addressing-machines



UNITED STATE L?" FFC.

CHARLES W. VAN VLEET, OF WATERLOD, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADDRESSING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,872, dated May 4,1875; applicafion led February 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. VAN VLET, of Waterloo, in the county ofSeneca and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin an Addressing- Machine, of which the following is a specilication:

Ihis invention relates to the construction of machines for addressingnewspapers, Snc., for mailing; and consists in the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a vertical section of themachine, taken on the line x :c of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section of Fig.1, taken on the line y y.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is frame, which rests upon the door, and which supports On its top along grooved table, B. (i is the type-galley, having cogs On its underside, which mesh into the cogs of a spur-wheel, D, beneath which (on theshaft D", by means of a slot in Vthe groove) is given an intermittingmotion by' means of a hub on J[he shaft E, having a single cog, e,thereon, which, atevery revolution it makes, engages with the eogs Ofthe spur-Wheel D, and turns the wheel a short distance. The wheel D isheld stationary by the spring-pawl F, the tail of which is depressed bythe single cog, which raises and disen gages the end ofthe pawl from thewheel. The shaft E'also carries a spurwheel, G, which has attached toits side a semicirciilar cam, H. I is an arm, having a friction-roll, J.upon its end, which engages with the cani H, and at every revolution Ofthe wheel G is raised about half the diameter of the wheeL This arm isattached to the shaft K. L is xa weight, attached to a rod, which rod isattached to the shaft K, which weight serves to bring the arm I downwhen it leaves the cam. M is a bar,- attached tO about the middle Of thearm I, which extends upward through the table, and is bent so as to actas a platen On the paper to be addressed, as it stands directly over thetype-galley, as seen in Fig. 2.

The machine is operated in this example of my invention by a treadle, N;but it may be operated by any motive power.

O is the driving-shaft, and the treadle is connected with it by the rodI), which revolves the shaft by means of the crank Q. R is a fly-wheelon the drivinglshaft, outside the machine.

The Operation of the machine will be'readily understood. The type areplaced in the galley G, with the various addresses properly set up andinked, and the paper wrappers are placed beneath the platen S, which ispressed down by the weight, and raised by the cam, while, after everyimpression, the galley C is moved a short distance to bring the nextaddress intO proper position, and so on for the whole galley, when otherprepared galleys may be introduced and printed from in the same manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In an addressing-machine, the combination, withthe toothed galley, sliding On table B, of spur-gear D, cam-Wheel G,pivoted arm I, and platen-carrying arm M, substantially as shown anddescribed, for the purpose specified.

2. In an addressingmachine, the combination of tooth e On revolvingshaft E, the lever-pawl F, spur-wheel D, toothed galley O, and Wheel G,having cam H, the pivoted bar I, and its rigid arm M, working throughthe table B, and carrying platen S, all as shown and described.

CHARLES W. VAN VLEET.

Witnesses: 4

STERLING G. HADEY, HUGH MONTGOMERY,

GEO. H. HULBERT.

